Issues setting up database connections in DWCS3

bec_wilson wrote:
> 1) There is no testing server running on the server machine.
> 2) The testing server specified to this site does not map to the
> http://127.0.01/_mmServerScripts/MMHTTPDB.php URL. Varify that the URL prefix
> maps to the root of the site.
>
> I am running XAMPP (yes, it's on!) and DWCS3 on a Mac.

XAMPP on a Mac? You like living dangerously. The front page of the XAMPP
site has this warning: "This version of XAMPP is still in the first
steps of development. Use at you [sic] own risk!"

If you want an all-in-one PHP/MySQL installation for a Mac, you're on
much safer ground with MAMP ( http://www.mamp.info/en/mamp.html).

Now, to your problem. Setting up a testing server is very simple. The
site must be inside the Apache DocumentRoot. The location of the
DocumentRoot depends on whether you're using XAMPP, MAMP, or the default
version of Apache that ships with Mac OS X. However, assuming you're
using either XAMPP or MAMP, it's a folder called htdocs. Your site must
be in a subfolder of htdocs.

The values of Testing server folder and URL prefix in the Dreamweaver
site definition should both point to the same place. The first is a
physical path; the second is a URL to the same location.

So, in the Testing server folder field, put /path/to/htdocs/mysite (use
the real path, not these actual words). In the URL prefix, put
http://localhost/mysite/.

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